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Helge Rieckhoff
Counsel

Dr. Helge Rieckhoff

Rechtsanwalt

Leipzig, Germany
Languages
  • German
  • English
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Helge Rieckhoff advises on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity/venture capital transactions and joint ventures. He also regularly advises on complex restructurings and general corporate law matters.

He also advises selected start-ups through the CMS equIP programme.

Helge Rieckhoff started practicing as a lawyer in 2009 and worked for the commercial law firms Hengeler Mueller and Raue LLP before joining CMS in 2019. He is also a venture capital lecturer at the University of Leipzig. He has been a counsel since 2022.

Relevant experience

  • Advising mi2-factory GmbH on a financing round for the further development of a breakthrough semiconductor technology
  • Advising Appsfactory Group on the strategic acquisition of a cloud and platform specialist
  • Advising on Venitus Group’s investment in cloud consulting company Thinkport
  • Advising Asvin GmbH on Seed Financing Round
  • Advising vehicle digitisation specialist TWINNER on Series B financing round
  • Advising root360 GmbH on the acquisition by Waterland portfolio company Skaylink
  • Advising of shareholder of Energiekonzepte Mitteldeutschland on sale to Auctus Capital Partners
  • Advising VR Equitypartner and MEH Beteiligungs GmbH on the sale of n3k group to Invision
  • Advise on the sale of Healthfood24, a premium petfood producer and retailer, to Alphapet Ventures
  • Advising EEX AG on integration of Powernext SAS (France) und Gaspoint Nordic A/S (Denmark)
  • Advising on the sale of semiconductor specialist Creative Chips GmbH to MDAX listed Dialog Semiconductor Plc.
  • HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft | On takeover bid by Spanish construction group ACS Actividades de Construcción y Servicios S.A.
  • Medion AG | On takeover bid by Lenovo Germany Holding GmbH, a subsidiary of Lenovo Group Limited
  • DAX-listed group | On corporate restructuring measures
  • Otto Group | On sale of Environmental Solutions Europe Holding BV, an internationally operating manufacturer of waste containers and recycling systems
  • KSM (German car supplier) | On sale to CITIC, a Chinese state-owned investment company
  • Bornemann Pumps (worldwide operating leading supplier of pumps for the oil and gas industry) | On sale to ITT Corporation
  • Content marketing agency | On merger with publishing house
  • E-commerce company | On investment by private equity investor
  • MTS Incoming and Touristic Services S.L. & OTS Open Travel Services AG | Advice and representation regarding transactions, financing as well as corporate structure
  • Paragon Partners | On acquisition and sale of investments in medium-sized companies
  • Start-ups | On numerous investment rounds and exits

Publications

  • Zulässige Ausgestaltung von Leaver-Klauseln (Permitted leaver provisions), GmbHR 2021, p. 299 et seqq. (together with Sophia Hügel)
  • Trendinformationen und Prognosen im Wertpapierprospekt (Trend information and forecasts in securities prospectuses), BKR 2011, p. 221 et seqq.
  • Vergütung des Vorstands mit langfristiger Anreizwirkung (Remuneration of management board members as a long-term incentive), AG 2010, p. 617 et seqq.
  • Prognoseberichterstattung im Kapitalmarktrecht (Forecasting reporting in capital market law), Baden-Baden 2009 (also thesis in Bonn)
  • Nachteilsausgleichspflicht bei Abspaltungen im faktischen Konzern? (Duty to compensate for the disadvantage for controlled companies in case of carve-off from the de facto group), AG 2008, p. 486 et seqq. (together with Dr. Tobias Tillmann)

Education

  • 2009: PhD, University of Bonn
  • Additional “Wirtschaftsjurist” course of study (special commercial lawyer training), University of Bayreuth
  • Trainee lawyer at Cologne Higher Regional Court
  • Law studies at the Universities of Bayreuth, Lyon and Bonn
Practice Areas
Corporate / M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Structuring under corporate law International Group Structures
sectors
Private Equity & Venture Capital Venture Capital

Insights by Helge

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CMS advises SaxonQ on investment by Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen

07 Nov 2025 2 min read
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CMS advises mi2-factory on financing round to advance breakthrough semiconductor technology

22 Jan 2025 2 min read
News Germany

CMS advises Appsfactory Group on acquisition of digital agency Büro am Draht

20 Nov 2024 2 min read
News Germany

CMS advises founders of Thinkport on investment by Venitus Group

27 Mar 2024 2 min read
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